Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality
Safety and Well-being of Children Online: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. John Brennan:
Yes, there are. It is set at five to eight, or eight to 12, and then 13 plus. Part of the survey we did showed that even with the restrictive age of 13, everybody we spoke to in our little survey of 31 could access it, which was the worry. Roblox can be very child friendly, and many companies are tightening their security around that with AI, which is only too pleasing to everybody. However, the reality is, at present, all our kids we surveyed could access what they wanted.